Cathay Pacific Airways will add eleven extra freighter flights each week to three major cities in Europe – Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Manchester – effective February 1st.
The additional services increase the carrier’s freighter flights to Europe from 25 to 36 per week to Europe every week by the airline will rise from 25 to 36.
The eleven new flights, which are still subject to government approval, will further strengthen Hong Kong's position as one of the world's leading airfreight hubs.
Five flights per week are being added to Frankfurt, Germany's main cargo hub, all routed through Dubai.
The additional flights on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays brings means that Cathay operates a total of eleven flights a week between Hong Kong and Frankfurt.
The six other new flights all follow a Hong Kong >Dubai-Manchester-Amsterdam-Dubai-Hong Kong pattern, departing Hong Kong every weekday except Friday.
Cathay Pacific already operates eight cargo flights a week to Manchester, while Amsterdam will become the airline’s 32nd freighter destination.
Cathay Pacific currently operates a fleet of seventeen freighter aircraft: seven Boeing 747-200s, six 747-400s and four 747-400 BCFs. Two more BCFs will be delivered in 2007 and six long-range Boeing 747-400ERFs are on firm order, with deliveries starting in May 2008.
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